On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:56:27 -0400, "Kimba W, Lion" <kimbawlion>
wrote:
>"Zippy P" <zippyp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Occam's razor sez:
>>
>>Which is more likely,
>>
>>1) There are supernatural things like ESP, out of body stuff, ghosts,
>>mindreading, instrumental telecommunications, remote viewing, voices on
tape
>>and aliens, and we all just choose not to believe in them because we're
all
>>afraid of knowing the real truth.
>>
>>OR
>>
>>2) You're a kook
>
>"The most merciful thing in the world is the inability of the human mind
to
>correlate all its contents. The sciences, each straining in its own
>direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but someday the piecing
together
>of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality
>that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly
>light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."
> --H.P.
Lovecraft
>
>Occam's Razor is just an excuse to cuddle up with your preconceived
notions
>and not think about things.
--me
"Occam's Razor is the principle of having little imagination."
(or something to that effect...) --Fox Mulder
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